Abstract: The present invention is directed towards a support assembly designed to supportingly engage selected portions of the bottom of the foot so as to provide adequate support to these various portions thereby relieving various maladies of the foot which may be attendant to the wearing of modern day shoes and in women, the wearing of high heeled shoes. The support structure includes a plurality of supports structured into a substantially unitary construction and engaging an appropriate portion of the under part of the foot so as to provide support to the intended areas, including but not limited to the arch, external side of the foot, heel and metatarsal region of the foot.

Abstract: An ambulatory brace of the type designed to fit in at least partially enclosing relation about the lower leg and foot of a patient so as to maintain this area substantially immobilized. The subject brace is specifically designed to eliminate all force or pressure being applied to the heel area of the foot so as to allow consolidation or healing of the calcaneum region by maintaining this region substantially free of weight or force being exerted thereon. A support assembly is incorporated into the brace so as to transfer or direct axial load on the brace directly to the tarso-metatarsal region of the foot.